Crap Towns / Saffron Walden / Weather
How often does it rain in Saffron Walden?
It rains in Saffron Walden on 116 days a year (at least 1 mm, on the 1991 to 2020 average), 9% lower than the typical town's 127. That makes it joint 179th driest of the 984 towns in our table. The rain adds up to 628 mm a year, 18% lower than the typical town's 766. It gets 1,584 hours of sunshine a year, about the same as the typical town's 1,532: the 352nd sunniest.
| A year | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Days of rain (at least 1 mm) | 116 | 127 |
| Rainfall (mm) | 628 | 766 |
| Hours of sunshine | 1,584 | 1,532 |
| Town | Distance | Days of rain a year |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Stortford | 17.7 km | 118 |
| Great Dunmow | 17.8 km | 117 |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 13.7 km | 117 |
| Saffron Walden | – | 116 |
| Buntingford | 20.1 km | 116 |
| Haverhill | 15.3 km | 114 |
| Takeley and Little Canfield | 17.0 km | 114 |
| Sawston | 12.6 km | 113 |
| Royston | 18.8 km | 110 |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 16.3 km | 108 |
| Cambridge | 21.8 km | 107 |
| The typical town | – | 127 |